Title

Authors

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2000

First Page

36

Issue

Summer

Source Publication Abbreviation

Tr. Trends

Abstract

This article outlines the development of the tort of bad faith as it applies to insurance in Montana ending with particular attention to the issue of the existence now of bad faith tort outside the Unfair Claim Settlement Practices Act. The article concludes that the tort of insurance bad faith and the attendant potential for punitive damages are potent weapons in the fight to make insurance companies honor their promises and duties to claimants and insureds.